Tim Kanak | Tue, Feb 11th 2025, 7:11am EST

Top 10 Fantasy Baseball Prospect Rankings: Second Basemen (2025)

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These prospect rankings are based on fantasy value, not real-life value. Considering such, hitters generally weigh a bit heavier for me due to the injury risk and higher volatility of prospect pitchers. Proximity to the majors is also prominent in the equation, though these prospect fantasy baseball rankings are focused on long-term/dynasty outlooks. Think of these rankings as more of a five-year plan.

Rather than getting into writing mini-bios on all prospects, I’ve decided to keep my rankings simple by providing the 2024 stats of each player across all levels, plus a player comp, a small blurb on their prime skills for fantasy and an explanation of my ranking.

I’ve also included updated fScores for any players I expect to debut in 2025, which highlights what my fScore projections believe the player is capable of at the pro level for immediate impact.

I know most people don’t care to read 250-500 words on each player, so using both box score scouting and film review, I have provided comps for each prospect. For fun, note that comps may be based on mechanics, body type, pitching arsenal or similar skills & box score style and how I think each prospect will perform once in the Majors over the next five seasons or so.

All-in-all, rankings paired with statistical info and a player comp will hit the sweet spot for the broadest category of people reading these prospect fantasy baseball rankings (or listening/watching the Fantasy Aceball podcast).

NOTE: Rookie status is determined by 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched at the Major League level.

Full Top 150 Prospect rankings:

Top 10 Fantasy Baseball Prospect Rankings: Second Basemen

1. Kristian Campbell (2B, OF – BOS)

2024 A+/AA/AAA: .330/.439/.558 | 14.3 BB% / 19.9 K% | 55 XBH, 20 HR, 24 SB
Age: 23
ETA: Opening Day
fScores: 103 fContact, 126 fDiscipline, 103 fPower, 138 fSpeed
Comp: Bigger Gleyber Torres with more speed and better plate skills
Prime Skills: Kristian Campbell is a big righty who was picked in the fourth round out of Georgia Tech in 2024 with a killer hit tool (90.8% Z-Contact% at AAA) that pairs with a 20/20 profile. He has a big frame with a pretty sweet swing and has shown more power than the scouting grades have given him, especially from the pull side. He has not shown off his 60-grade speed on the base paths yet, but there are more bags under him if the situation allows.
Ranking Explanation: Campbell is someone I thought I was going to be stealthy on, but he just kept hitting and made himself impossible to ignore to the rest of the fantasy baseball prospect scouting crowd. I had been targeting him more as a top 10-15 type until I ran his fScores. He has a good shot at breaking camp on Opening Day in a lineup short of righty bats. He could be an immediate success based on the superior plate skills and hit tool he has demonstrated. Campbell is a high-floor 20/20 type who can hit .270 or better out of the gate.
Top 150 Ranking: 3

2. Travis Bazzana (2B – CLE)

2024 College: .407/.568/.911 | 48 XBH, 28 HR, 16 SB
2024 A+: .238/.369/.396 | 13.9 BB%, 25.4 K% | 10 XBH, 3 HR, 5 SB (27 games)
Age: 22
ETA: Mid 2025 (June / July)
fScores: 93 fContact, 122 fDiscipline, 93 fPower, 155 fSpeed
Comp: Daniel Murphy with more athleticism and quickness
Prime Skills: Travis Bazzana has the killer Oregon State hit tool and has professional experience already with wood bats, playing in Australia as a pro while he was a teenager. He has power and speed, but to what degree will both show up as a pro is the big question, as the game power just appeared in 2024 and is relatively a newer tool. He has a lot of movement pre-pitch at the plate
Ranking Explanation: Bazzana is an advanced hitter for someone who was just drafted, but as such, he still has work to do in the hit tool department to even be an average major league hitter, whereas Campbell has an above-average hit tool in a Major League lineup today. The tools are all there for a really strong fantasy contributor for several years.
Top 150 Ranking: 12

3. Luke Keaschall (2B – MIN)

2024 A+/AA: .303/.420/.483 | 13.4 BB% / 17.2 K% | 37 XBH, 15 HR, 23 SB
ETA: Late 2025 (Late July / August)
fScores: 96 fContact, 110 fDiscipline, 86 fPower, 137 fSpeed
Age: 22
Comp: Jordan Westburg/Matt McLain mash-up
Prime Skills: Luke Keaschall has great bat speed with killer exit velocities. The home run power should be greater and will increase as he ages. He was having a strong season with consistent week-in and week-out production. While the swing reminds me of Jordan Westburg, I think there’s also a bit of a Matt McLain profile, but with a more consistent hit tool thanks to the plate skills.
Ranking Explanation: Last year I made a joke on the Prospect One podcast that if Luke Keaschall was a stock, Nancy Pelosi would be buying. He had a fantastic season at two levels and I’m very impressed with how the power tool has progressed, as that was my biggest concern in my earlier rankings. Keaschall missed the last six weeks or so of the Minor League season after tearing his UCL. While he hopes to be healthy going into spring, we saw how this same injury pushed back the debut of Jasson Dominguez last year. Maybe a May return for him next year as he builds back up to where he left off and a call-up at some point during the 2025 season.
Top 150 Ranking: 21

4. Christian Moore (2B – LAA)

2024 College: .375/.451/.797 | 55 XBH, 34 HR, 5 SB
2024 A/AA: .347/.400/.584 | 8.2 BB%, 26.4 K% | 12 XBH, 6 HR, 2 SB (25 games)
Age: 22
ETA: June 2025
fScores: 97 fContact, 74 fDiscipline, 102 fPower, 100 fSpeed
Comp: Connor Norby profile with shades of Alex Bregman (without the plate skills)
Prime Skills: Christian Moore is a big second baseman with a sweet righty swing through the zone with some easy power for a middle infielder. He has killer middle infield power with a great field of hit and very good plate skills.
Ranking Explanation: Moore killed it in the Minors in 2024 post-draft, picking up right where he left off in college. He is a winner, a gamer and has a lovely swing. There is a lot of wind behind his sails and the Angels promote quickly, but there might be strikeout issues once he gets to the Majors. There are some rumors out of Angels camp that he has a shot to break camp on Opening Day, but he doesn’t have the same upside as Bazzana because the plate skills are sub-par.
Top 150 Ranking: 39

5. Michael Arroyo (2B, SS – SEA)

2024 A/A+: .285/.400/.509 | 12.3 BB%, 23 K% | 56 XBH, 23 HR, 18 SB
Age: 20
ETA: Mid 2026
fScores: N/A
Comp: More athletic Ronnie Belliard with a Jorge Polanco-ish to Matt McLain-light profile.
Prime Skills: Michael Arroyo is a short swinging, stocky athlete with quick hands and a ton of power in his fire hydrant frame along with some speed. He has a good plate approach and above-average contact tool, which led to a 2024 breakout campaign.
Ranking Explanation: Arroyo isn’t as big as Moore and thus he’s probably capped as a 20-25 homer bat, especially in Seattle. I doubt the legs hover in the 20s year over year. He should be a very solid fantasy player in his peak thanks to being above average across the board and having a good eye to take walks, plus the ability to hit for extra bases.
Top 150 Ranking: 41

6. Jett Williams (2B, SS – NYM)

2023 A/A+/AA: .263/.425/.451 | 43 XBH, 13 HR, 45 SB
2024 A/AA/AAA: .215/.358/.298 | 14.9 BB%, 23.6 K% | 9 XBH, 0 HR, 5 SB (33 games)
Age: 21
ETA: Mid-Late 2025 (July / August)
fScores: 86 fContact, 146 fDiscipline, 78 fPower, 148 fSpeed
Comp: Jose Altuve build and Edouard Julien approach with speed (think Nico Hoerner stats)
Prime Skills: Jett Williams has plate skills and speed. The contact tool is still developing, but it should ultimately be a good tool for Williams. However, quality contact is lacking right now. He has non-zero power and his quick swing can get to a surprising number of extra-base hits.
Ranking Explanation: Williams was a top-30 overall prospect before his injury. He returned to the Arizona Fall League with two homers and seven steals after a short season. The hit tool needs to catch up to the other tools, but Williams projects as a future 10/30 or 10/40 player with an insanely good plate approach — if he can increase the aggressiveness in his approach, as that seems to be holding down the average, in a Twins prospect sort of way. The big issue is getting that hit tool to be league average, so he can make his athleticism play up.
Top 150 Ranking: 52

7. Kevin McGonigle (2B, SS – DET)

2024 A/A+: .309/.401/.452 | 14 BB%, 8.5 K% | 25 XBH, 5 HR, 22 SB (74 games)
Age: 20
ETA: Late 2026
fScores: N/A
Comp: Chase Utley wannabe (with less power and more speed) and a bit of a Steven Kwan profile in the middle infield
Prime Skills: Kevin McGonigle has probably the best hit tool of the high school guys from the last class and he’s showing it in the minors. He also has some speed, but will he generate enough power to avoid the Luis Arraez trap?
Ranking Explanation: McGonigle is following the James Triantos pathway here, but he is a year behind. He’s been a great contact hitter (near 95% Z-Contact%), avoids strikeouts (only a 22% chase rate) and steals bags. The only thing keeping him out of the top-30/top-40 overall rankings is his below-average power to date, but there is potential for strides to be made in this department in 2025. He has a higher ceiling than Williams, but Williams played very well as a 19-year-old in AA, so I want to give McGonigle the slight benefit of the doubt at this time. Plus, he has a bit of a proximity bump.
Top 150 Ranking: 61

8. James Triantos (2B, OF – CHC)

2024 AA/AAA: .300/.346/.427 | 5.6 BB%, 11.1 K% | 36 XBH, 7 HR, 47 SB
Age: 22
ETA: Early 2025
fScores: 96 fContact, 94 fDiscipline, 59 fPower, 206 fSpeed
Comp: Luis Rengifo
Prime Skills: James Triantos has a good hit tool with a solid set of wheels and some developing pull power from the right side. He’s a bigger kid who projects for more power than he’s shown at this point in his Minor League career.
Ranking Explanation: There’s a chance to get to a little more power, but the key to Triantos’ value is in points leagues, where he’s going to rack up a ton of hits and get additional points for steals. Triantos has had a good year and I gave him a nice bump in the rankings. If he’s going to supply this much speed he’s going to be useful in most league types as a super-utility speed and batting average guy. There’s a proximity bump in Triantos’ ranking as well.
Top 150 Ranking: 67

9. Thomas Saggese (2B, SS, 3B – STL)

2024 AAA: .253/.313/.438 | 5.9 BB%, 23.1 K% | 46 XBH, 20 HR, 9 SB
2024 MLB: .204/.250/.306 | 3.8 BB%, 26.9 K% | 3 XBH, 1 HR, 0 SB
Age: 22
ETA: Opening Day (debuted in 2024)
fScores: 100 fContact, 74 fDiscipline, 80 fPower, 86 fSpeed
Comp: Righty Matt Carpenter with more speed
Prime Skills: Thomas Saggese has a good hit tool and very solid plate skills (which he showed off better in the Arizona Fall League than his iffy AAA season with 16 walks and only 15 strikeouts in the Arizona Fall League). Has underrated power and speed for someone who plays multiple infield positions. He’s kind of a jack of all trades.
Ranking Explanation: He won’t be a superstar, but he should be a very valuable deeper league asset sooner rather than later. He’s going to provide stats in all categories and will be great for points leagues. From July through the end of the Minor League season, he hit .290/.351/.524 with 12 bombs in 55 games. Saggese might get stuck in a super-sub role since the Cardinals have so many guys, but the Cardinals have committed to the young guys. Once Nolan Arenado is moved there’s a good chance Saggese will have a regular role, even if he is moving around the diamond.
Top 150 Ranking: 88

10. Edwin Arroyo (2B, SS – CIN)

2023 A+/AA: .252/.324/.433 | 8.8 BB%, 21.3 K% | 52 XBH, 13 HR, 29 SB
Age: 21
ETA: Early 2026
fScores: N/A
Comp: Ozzie Albies with a worse hit tool
Prime Skills: Edwin Arroyo is a speed guy who projects out for above-average power as a switch-hitting middle infielder. He had a nice breakout and was traded from the Mariners to the Reds before a shoulder injury knocked him out for all of 2024.
Ranking Explanation: Arroyo debuted in AA in 2023 as a 19-year-old. Despite a so-so triple slash line, he put up an impressive number of extra-base hits. The hit tool isn’t great and the plate skills are only OK, but, hopefully, once he is healthy and catches up to a level for his age, these will neutralize because the power/speed combo is legit. His 2024 season was a lost year, but he’s interesting and was already ahead of the curve age-to-level before the injury. This is an upside play, but I’m not dinging guys 100 spots for one injury.
Top 150 Ranking: 105

Runners Up

Termarr Johnson (2B – PIT) — Top 250 Ranking: 107
Jace Jung (2B – DET) — Top 250 Ranking: 104
Hao-Yu Lee (2B – DET) — Top 250 Ranking: 160
Jeral Perez (2B – CWS) — Top 250 Ranking: 182
Keiner Delgado (2B – PIT) — Top 250 Ranking: 204

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